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No. 295,476. Patented Mar. v18, 1884.

E; llll Ummm lllllllll lun I. Inveniors UNITEDA STATES PATENT OFFICE..

JOsEPH O. EEAZLEY AND isAAc L. MOET-ns, OE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

COMBINED `FRUIT PARER AND SEEDERN SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 295,476, dated March 18, 1884. i

Application nien January 9, 1984. (Model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern: ,i

Be it known that we, Josnrn O. BEAVZLEY and ISAAC L. MORRIS, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Baltimore, ifi the county of 1o drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for paring, seeding,and splitting peaches and other fruit by one operation ofthe machine,all of which willbe hereinafter more particularly described, and pointedvout in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specication, Figure 1 is a planView ofthe ma chine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the ma 2O chine. Fig.3 is an enlarged section of the parts which hold the fruit, and by whichit -is rotated against the paring-knife. Fig. 4 is a side view` of thepinion. Fig. 5 is an end view of the gage-plates, as shown edgewise inFig. 8 at Q Q. Fig. 6 represents the details of the seeding-knives andsprings. Fig. 7 shows the paringknife and gage; Fig. 8, details of thesplitting-knife frame.

A is a metal plate having arms A', A, and 3o A, all of which constitutethe frame for sustaining the various parts of the machine. This plate Ahas a web, B, on the back, which may be made solid or ornamented withOpenwork, as represented in Fig. 1. A In this web A are two holes, b Z),which are tted to thetwo standards b b', attached to a thwart-piece, b.These standards have each a clamp at thelower end, and screw b, by whichthe machine can be attached to the edge of a table, C. The

4o machine can be fastened in any other manner. D is a wheel having acam, cl, on its periphery, secured to the plate A by a hub, d', on ashort shaft in a boss, a.

f Attached to the plate A and around the boss a is a curved andwarpedsurface cam, a', for a purpose which will be hereinafter ex- Onthe front side of wheel D, and pivoted in ears d cZ, is the paring-knifestock or arm o E around whose shaft e is coiled a s )rino1 e.

vside a pin, dm.

F,and its gage-barf. `(Both shown enlargedin Fig. 7, where the serratedsurface of the knife F is shown.)

On the back of wheel D are beveled teeth to matchthe pinion D, asseenvin Fig. 1. There is also on the back of wheel D a pin, d, (shown inFig. 2,) and also on the front be hereinafter explained. y

Pvoted to the lowest part Of plate A, immediately below wheel D, as seenin Fig. 2, is a bent lever, G, to the long arm of which is connected arod, G. The other end of rod G is pivoted to a pendant, H, secured tothe inner end of thev adjustable arm I, which is fastened on theknife-rod J by a set-screw, t', which rod .I is fitted to slide freelyin the two arms A A of the plate A. y

Attached to the end of rod .I is aknife- The purposes of these willframe, K, consisting of the back bar, 7c, which` is composed of upperand lower plates inclosing a back-spring, k.

K K are two bars pivoted at k 7c to the back bar, with their endsagainst the back-` spring, which keeps them in the position as shown inFig. 2. On the end of these bars K are blades c, for splitting thefruit.

' L L are two thin spring-steel knife-blades, which are slightly curvednear the middle in opposite directions, as shown in Fig. 6. The ends ofthese blades L L pass through slots `in the knife-bars K, and projectfar enough beyond them toV receive the ends of bifurcated springs Z Z,and one end of these blades, Z, is

turned up outside of the spring Z, as seen in Figli, and at the otherend the spring Z is retained by a pin, Z.

0n the top and bottom of knife-bar K are springs m m, Fig. 6, whichimpinge on the spring knife-blades L L, to keep these blades closetogether where they curve in opposite directions, butpermit them tospread as they pass around a peach-stone, and are held closely to thestone to cut the fruit very near it. The yielding action of thespring-blades L L in opening is controlled also by the end springs, Z Z.

On shaft J is the adjustable arm I, secured by the set-screw i. The armI clasps plate A and slides upon it.

Attached by a pivot to the arm I at plate A is a connectingebar, M,which extends to the wheel D, and at its free end is a notch, n, n

which is engaged by the pin cZ on the back of wheel D, and as the wheelis carried around in the direction of the arrows the pin c carries thebar M with it, and also rod J, with the knife-frame, is carried to thefruit, which has been placed on the points or tines t t. When the wheelD has passed around with the bar M until it is arrested by the hub ofthe wheel, the pin U is carried out .of the notch in the bar M, andimmediately thereafter the pin 61 on the face of wheel D arrives at thelever G, and moves it so,that its long arm are free for another fruit,which is immediately put on.

At the outer end of the arm A is secured in proper bearings, and havingits center vin exact line with the center of the rod J, the. apparatusfor holding and turning the fruit to be pared and coredand split.

N is a spur-wheel secured to a short shaft, N which passes through plateA in suitable bearings, and on the inner end of which is the beveledpinion D. Vheel N is operated by handle n', and gives motion to thewhole apparatus. l

O is a pinion-wheel geared with wheel N, and loosely mounted on a shaft,P, having a feather, p, and on which wheel() slides freely f to begeared with or detached from the wheel N. The details of this shaft andits connections are shown in section in Figs. 3 and 4L, enlarged. Thehub of the pinion-wheel O is formed into a collar, o', and in its innerface is a hole, o, Fig. 4, to receivea pin, r, which projects from theface of the armA, and when the pinion O is unshipped the pin 1' entersthe hole o and keeps pinion O from revolving. rlhe shaft P has in it aneck, p', and al screw, r', through the side of the hollow cylinder Rkeeps the shaft P in place laterally, but permits it to revolve. y

At the inner end of shaft P there is a screwthreaded socket to receivethe end P of the fruit-holder, which is threaded, and on which is a nut,p, to regulate the length. l

Attached to P are four tines, t t, for holding the fruit.

P is a gage to stop the end of the kernel of the fruit when thecoring-knives force it forward.

Q Q are gages to stop the pieces of the fruit when the splitting-knivesforce it forward. These gages Q are held by rods Q q, which are guidedthrough holes in the cars r 0^ on the cylinder R, and their ends areriveted to the branchesv of a yoke, s, 011 the long arm of a lever, S,which is pivoted to the side of arm A', Fig. 1. The short arm of lever Sis pivoted to a short rod, R', which passes through the arm A and thebrace-bar inside of it, so that the end of rod R impinges on thepeholding apparatus is held stationary, and at this time the knives arebrought forward into action by the pin d, carrying .the rod M, whichmoves arm I, rod J, and the knife-frame. The kernel is cut out, and thefruit is split open, the same having been peeled previously by theparing-knife. /Vhen the wheel D was in motion before the pinion O wasdisengaged, the spur N caused the pinion O to revolve very rapidly, andconsequently the fruit on the tines t t was revolved correspondingly.The position of the paring-knife' stock E on wheel D is so regulatedthat when the pinion O and the fruit are being revolved the knife F,which starts at the point of the fruit, moves slowly from the point tothe butt. At the same time the knife F is kept in contact with thefruit, and it is nicely pared. The point e of the knife-stock, which haspassed over the cam a, drops down from the cam a at the offset e, Fig.1, and the spring e causes the knife F to dropbelow the holdingapparatus and pass under it as the wheel D continues to revolve, and sosoon as the finger-point e reaches the other end of cam a the knife F isagain thrown by the cam c into the position at the point of the fruit topare the next one, which has in the meantime been placed on the tines.Vhen the wheel D revolves and brings the cam d around so that the offsetreaches rod R, the rod is forced over the offset, and the lever S isthrown in and the pinion O isthrown into gear with spur-wheel N. just asthe knife F is in position for paring and the fruit commences revolvingtoward it.

Having experimented very extensively with various forms ofparing-knives, we iind none that can operate so successfully as thesickleedged blade which is represented in Fig. 7.

F is the inside surface of the blade, cut into long inclined serrations.The other side is IOO IIO

beveled from a thick edge to give a sharp edge where the serrations formthe iine teeth of a saw. The gage bar f is adjusted far enough from theserrated side of the blade F to permit the pparings to pass ont and togage the thickness. knife-stock E by a screw.

Ve are aware that our devices for splitting and coring are not new bythemselves; but we The two are secured to the 295.476 i p y 3 allcombined and operated substantially as and for the purpose described. i

2. The combination of the driving mechan-v ism, the wheel D, with itscam-rim d, the pin d, `sliding bar M, arm I, rod J, carrying thesplitting and coring knives, the levers Gr G', and arm I-I,substantially' as and for the purpose described..

3. The Wheel D, with @ammini rmi R, 1e.. ver S7 with its yoke s, andsleeve and pinion O, having thehole o in its inner face, in combinationwith the pin r in the side of the arm4 A", all substantially as and forthe purpose described.

'4.' 'Ihe splittingfknives k", pivoted to the back bar, la, having thespring k', in combination with the bifurcated end springs, Z Z, and thespring-blades L L, all substantially as andl for the purposedescribed.

5f The spring coring-blades L L, curved as described, in combinationwith the bifurcated end springs, Z Z, and the binding-springs m m,andthe bars K of the splitting-knives c,

and the backbar, k, all substantially as andf for the purpose described.

6. The combination of the spur-wheel N, pinion O, shaft l?, andfruit-holder P, having an adjustable screw and nut, and tines forholding the fruit, and gage P for the stone, and gages Q Q for thefruit, substantially as described.

7. The paring-knife F, having une side and the sharp edge cut intosickle-teeth, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof We have afliiXed our sig- 3 5 natures in presenceof two Witnesses.

JOSEPH O. BEAZLEY. ISAAC L. MORRIS.

. Witnesses:

LUTHER W.. HorKINs, C. T. MATTHEWS.

